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According to documents acquired by the environmental group FracTracker Alliance, a whistleblower contacted the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in 2019 with allegations that the pipeline may have been built with a defective corrosion coating.

The White House Office of Management and Budget is considering a recommendation that would expand the definition of rural to include larger areas. But rural researchers say the changes could make it harder for rural communities to get funding and for researchers to track what is happening in rural areas, and that they’re based on an oversimplified view of what metropolitan means.

The Ohio Power Siting Board is holding two virtual public hearings for proposed solar farms in Defiance and Union counties.

The U.S. House passed a bill that would reform farm labor and create pathways to legal status for farm workers without legal status.

The state got a grant from the USDA to give farmers markets and on-farm markets free wireless EBT processing equipment.

Pennsylvania announced its commitment to buy power from a 191 megawatt solar project that will be built in seven arrays across six counties. Called Pennsylvania PULSE, the project is being touted by the state as the largest government solar energy commitment in the nation to date.

The Ohio Power Siting Board approved the applications for two new utility-scale solar facilities in Madison and Highland counties. The projects would cover more than 3,500 acres of land.

Rhonda Smith started The Skirted Soldier with a goal of giving back 10% of all sales to other female veterans. So far she's given away more than $3,000.

The USDA announced the nationwide extension to allow all children to continue to receive nutritious meals this summer when schools are out of session.

Ohioans will soon have their winter patience rewarded with a display of native spring wildflowers.